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VOL.58   NO.8
FEBRUARY 21,1980-ADAR 4
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World Gathering of Holocaust Survivors
To Take Place June, 1981 in Israel
Exercise For Mind And Body
Jewish Center kindergartners enjoy Tu B'Shvat antics with Mim Chenfeld, creative movement instructor.
Weekly meetings with Mim provide exercise for
mind and body as children put to use their imaginations and muscles to grow from seeds to frees, walk in
space, pop like corn or do and feel any number of the
movement exercises Chenfeld creates.
A' television special that was adapted from a book by
Chenfeld, "The House At 12 Rose Street," will be aired
on March 4 at 4 p.m. on WCMH-TV.
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Newfi'Who'sWho'Oue __.
NEW YORK (JTA)—The 25th anniversary edition of
"Who's Who in World Jewry," the biographical dictionary of
outstanding Jews, is now in preparation and will be out early
next year, according to I.J. Carmin Karpman, chief editor of
the anniversary edition. Karpman, a renowned lexicographer and co-founder of the Encyclopedia Judaica, said this
new edition, the sjxth, will be cpmpletely revised, re-edited
and recomposed.
Toe new edition will comprise the life histories of noteworthy Jewish men and women in all countries and will allocate adequate space to the younger generation now in the
forefront of contributions to Jewish and general progress,
according to Karpman. The edition, which may contain more
than 1500 pages, will be published and distributed in
February, 1981. "The new volume is planned to serve as a
visible evidence of what a small minority of the world's
people has been contributing to the betterment of all humanity," Karpman said. , A    -
Busy JNF Schedule
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Some 15,000 youths were busy clear-
ing away underbrush and fallen branches in Jewish National
fund forests Feb., 2, which was Tu B'Shevat, the Jewish New
Year of the Trees. But planting was not allowed because this
is a sabbatical year. According to tradition, the earth must
lay fallow for one year every seven years.»
The clean-up project was organized by the JNF and the
Nature Reserve Society on the occasion of Nature Reserve
- Week, which began Saturday. The youths came from high
schools all over Israel, from Kiryat Shmona tm the Lebanese
hordes to Dimona and Arad in the Negev. Their work was
important because the accumulation of forest debris during
the dry season is often the cause of forest fires in the summer
months. After several hours of work, the youngsters were
taken on tours by Nature Reserve Society guides.
In addition to afforestation, the JNF has created five parks
extending over 5000- acres and scores of picnic areas in
various parts of the country. Present plans call for another
four parks and two nature reserves for animals. The JNF is
focusing on land reclamation work in the Negev, tne Judaean
desert, the Dead Sea valley, Arava and Eilat. It plans 14 tourist centers, up to 20 camping sites, 100 lookout posts and 60
antiquity sites in those areas.
By David Friedman
NEW YORK (JTA)-The
six years he spent in Nazi
concentration camps, including two at Auschwitz,
between the ages of 16 and
22, left Ernest Michel with a
major goal. "When I was in
the camps I had a dream
that someday we would all
be able to come together as
one and say to Jews and non-
Jews all over the world that
what happened to us must
never happen again in
human history,." he said in
■ an interview with the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency.
Michel, who is executive
vice president of the United
Jewish Appeal-Federation of
Jewish Philanthropies of
New York, said he believes
this dream will be fulfilled
with a gathering of Jewish
Holocaust survivors and
their children in Israel June
15-1811981.
' "This event will say" that
the Holocaust must never
added that the four-day
gathering is also something
owed to "future generations." The gathering was
also announced at press conferences in Paris and Melbourne, it was reported here.
Michel is chairman of the
World Gathering, which will
be held under the patronage
of Israeli Premier Menachem Begin. Author Elie
Wiesel, chairman of the U.S.
President's Commission on
with members of Kibbutz
Netzer Sereni, a kibbutz
made up of survivors of
Buchenwald. The talks have
been expanded in the last
two years to include survivor
groups in the United States
and elsewhere.
Michel said the decision to
hold the gathering in ,1981
was made because this
would be the 36th anniversary of the liberation of the
concentration camps, which
'Only In remembering what happened to us
can the world assure that it will not happen
to others.'—Elie Wiesel
the Holocaust, and Simone
Veil, president of the European Parliament, are honorary chairmen.
At the press conference today, Kalman Sultanik, vice
president of the World Jewish Congress and a member
of the World Gathering's
executive committee,-said
that the conference comes at
re<)ccur^"^cheL sai^^
such I believe it will be a unique event in Jewish history.
It is something we owe to me'
memory of those who didn't
survive and to ourselves.''
At a press conference last
Wednesday at 515 Park Ave.
officially   announcing   the ■
World Gathering of Jewish
Holocaust Survivors, Michel
Israeli Woman
To Discuss
Military Life
The Israel Department of
the Columbus Jewish Federation reports that an Israeli student at Ohio State
University, Dafna Pe/y, has
been invited to take part in
an open debate regarding
the military draft for women
on the WOSU-TV Show
"Nexus," which will be aired
live on Thursday, Feb. 28,
from 8 to 9 p.m.
Dafna Pery lives with her
husband Arie and their two
daughters in Columbus and
has\ served in the Israeli
"Army for sue years at the
rank of Captain and was the
Deputy Commander for
women in the Israeli Navy.
Mrs. Perry will recount
her experiences in the military service in Israel, where
women share most of the
duties and responsibilities
along with the men.
as FnPtiie'lime'olf"HitTer,"
not only Israel and the Jewish people are threatened
"but all mankind."
Sultanik, a member of the
underground in Poland
during World War II, said
that after the holocaust the
survivors believed that
"anti-Semitism would vanish
and that the State of Israel
would be secure within
defensible borders and in
turn provide security for the
Jews of the diaspora." But
he said the United Nations
General Assembly resolution equating Zionism with
racism demonstrated that
"the blatantly biased majority of Arab petrodollars and
Soviet-dominated delegates
seek to delegitimize the
State of Israel."
A statement was read
from Wiesel, who was in
Washington reporting on his
recent visit to Cambodia, in
which the ' Holocaust sur- >
vivor noted that, "Only in
remembering what has happened to our brothers and
sisters under the . Nazi
oppression can we expect to
• be able to remind and advise
the rest of the world how to
prevent another catastrophe. Only in remember- ^
ing what happened to us can
the world assure that it will
not happen to others."
In his interview with the
JTA, Michel said the idea for
the gathering originated in
talks he had over the years
is twice Chai (18), the Jewish
symbol of life. "It will be a
celebration of life," he said.
This will be an event that
will not be repeated, Michel
noted, since most of the survivors are in their 60s or 70s.
He said, the entire event is
being run by survivors who
make *up the executive committee. There is also an
international leadership
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of Jewish communities and
Jewish leaders.
Michel said the World
Gathering will begin at Yad
Vashem, the Holocaust
memorial in Jerusalem. He
said survivors will be asked
to bring a tape recording
telling of their experiences
which will be deposited at
Yad Vashem. In addition,
they are asked to bring a
rock or stone from their
countries which will be made
into a "monument' of those
- who lived, dedicated to those
whodied."   •
Other planned events include a march through Jerusalem of the survivors to the
Western Wall; simultaneous
meetings at three kibbutzim
founded by Holocaust sur-'
vivors, Netzer §ereni,
Lochamei Haghettaot, and
Yad Mordechai; the collection and exhibition of .personal Holocaust keepsakes
brought to the gathering;
and a rally at Ramat Gan
Stadium where a "Written
Testament to Future Gener-
--•""' '-    (CONTiNUEDON1»AGF8)
Shalom Singers To Perform
The Shalom Singers of the Ohio State University
B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation will be performing its
1980 concert on Thursday, Feb. 21, and Saturday, Feb.
- 23, at the Hillel Foundation on the OSU campus.
The concert, entitled "Halleluyah—A Jewish Music
Experience," contains selections from every aspect of
Jewish music. Performed will be "Joseph And The
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," contemporary Israeli and religious works, and music from American
Jewishcomposers.
The 17-member Shalom Singers is a non-profit,
extracurricular organization currently in its fifth year
at Ohio State. The group, comprised entirely of non-'
music majors, is under the direction of, Scott Mandel.
Assistant directors are Louis Innenberg and Laurie B.
Wessely. Last year's show was performed for over
1,000 people throughout Ohio. ,
Performances will be held at the Hillel Foundation,
46 East 16th Ave., at 8:30 p.m. on both nights. Tickets
may be purchased in advance and are $2.50 for non-students, $1.50 for students, senior citizens, and groups.
For more information call 294-4797 or 231-8661.
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